Trip Linkage Patterns for Workers
Publication: Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 124, Issue 3
Abstract
This study examines the trip-chaining behavior of workers. It develops nine work-related trip-chaining patterns from the 1990 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey data, based on the sequential link of activities occurring in a single day. The study finds that more than 60% of trips for work in urban areas represent complex trip-chaining patterns. Males are more likely to use a simpler work trip pattern than females. From the results of analysis of variance, there are gender variations between trip-chaining patterns in trip rates for nonwork activities, travel distance, and travel time. There are also significant gender differences in trip rates and travel resources in each trip-chaining pattern.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
References
1.
Gordon, P., Kumar, A., and Richardson, H. W.(1988). “Beyond the journey to work.”Transp. Res. A, 22(6), 419–426.
2.
Hanson, S. (1980). “The importance of the multi-purpose journey to work in urban travel behavior.”Transportation, (9), 229–248.
3.
Hanson, S., and Johnston, I. (1985). “Gender differences in work trip length: explanations and implementation.”Urban Geography, (3), 193–219.
4.
Horowitz, A. J.(1982a). “A comparison of socioeconomic and structural determinants of trip tour length.”Papers of the Regional Sci. Assn., 50, 185–195.
5.
Horowitz, A. J. (1982b). Investigation of a stochastic representation of urban trip tours: Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Center for Urban Transportation Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wis.
6.
Lerman, S., and Adler, T. J. (1976). “Development of disaggregate trip-distribution models.”Behavioral travel demand models, P. R. Stopher and A. H. Meybury, eds., Lexington Books, Lexington, Mass., 125–139.
7.
Maden, J. F.(1981). “Why women work closer to home.”Urban Studies, 18, 81–194.
8.
Meyer, M. D., and Miller, E. J. (1984). Urban transportation planning. McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, N.Y.
9.
Oster, C. V. (1978).“Household tripmaking to multiple destinations: the overlooked urban travel pattern.”Traffic Quarterly, 32, 511–529.
10.
Research Triangle Institute. (1991). 1990 nationwide personal transportation survey, user's guide to the public use tapes. Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 124 • Issue 3 • May 1998
Pages: 264 - 270
Copyright
Copyright © 1998 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Published online: May 1, 1998
Published in print: May 1998
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.